Feds again withhold information about E. coli outbreak; restaurant chain...
Federal officials today confirmed another E. coli outbreak that they had previously not revealed to the public. Specific details were not available from the CDC or the FDA, but at least four states...
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Widow describes husband’s fight with Clostridium perfringens infection
Munro Sefcik was a healthy and strong 50 year old when he went to lunch with a friend at a Subway in Charlotte, NC, Monday, March 9, 2015. Wednesday night he was in intensive care and by Thursday...
View ArticleCriteria used to exclude people could change outbreak conclusions
Researchers have used an outbreak a decade ago to look at how decisions on excluding sick and healthy people from investigations could change the conclusions reached. Criteria to include or exclude...
View ArticlePatrons of Subway restaurant report gastrointestinal illnesses; investigation...
About two dozen people have come down sick after eating at a Subway restaurant in Idaho. Public health officials say the pathogen is norovirus. The Southwest District Health department reports “nearly...
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Coming Next Summer: Antibiotic-Free Chicken From Papa John’s
Papa John’s is the latest fast-food chain to announce plans to cut out antibiotics from its chicken production. But while McDonald’s set a two-year timeline, Chick-fil-A set a five-year timeline, and...
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2015 in Review: Animal Antibiotics
It’s difficult to summarize what happened on the animal antibiotics front this year. There were lots of pledges, lots of discussions and lots of reports, but not very many actions. Still, we still...
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Publisher’s Platform: It is time to Vaccinate against Hepatitis A
It’s not just for travelers and people at risk anymore. I spent the last day meeting with the family of a woman that died too young from complications of Hepatitis A after eating tainted scallops from...
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Two Seattle area restaurants named in norovirus outbreaks
Public Health in King County (Seattle), WA, suspects norovirus caused gastroenteritis at two local restaurants, which are some distance apart and separately owned. Eight customers of a Normandy Park...
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Briefly: Hot stockings — Healthy as a horse — Drugs down
Every hour of every day people around the world are living with and working to resolve food safety issues. Here is a sampling of current headlines for your consumption, brought to you today with the...
View ArticleSeparate hygiene breaches prompt fines at McDonald’s and Subway in UK
McDonald’s has been hit with a fine of more than half a million dollars after a mouse infestation was found at one of its branches in England. The fast food chain was fined £475,000 ($596,500) after a...
View Article3rd Shigella Lawsuit Filed Against Subway
In late February, at least 50 people became ill with shigellosis, a type of food poisoning caused by the ingestion of Shigella bacteria, after eating food made at a Subway restaurant in Lombard, IL....
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Kraft, Subway, Starbucks to Cut Salt
Big Apple Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg is enlisting the food industry in his National Salt Reduction Initiative one company at a time. Both restaurants and packaged food companies are signing up for the...
View ArticleSubway Restaurants Source of IL Salmonella
Public health officials are investigating an outbreak of Salmonella in 14 Illinois counties linked to the Subway restaurant chain. Of the 34 confirmed cases of Salmonella from this outbreak, 14...
View ArticleSubway Salmonella Count up to 48
The Illinois Department of Public Health yesterday reported that 48 cases of Salmonella Hvittingfoss have been confirmed in an outbreak among Illinois Subway restaurant customers in Bureau, Cass,...
View ArticleConfirmed Cases Reach 60 in Subway Outbreak
Yesterday the Illinois Department of Public Health released a brief update on the Subway Salmonella outbreak. The update states: “Confirmed cases of Salmonella serotype Hvittingfoss – 60. Age range of...
View ArticleSubway Salmonella Outbreak Count Climbs to 71
The Illinois Department of Public Health reported yesterday that the number of confirmed Salmonella Hvittingfos cases associated with Subway restaurants has climbed to 71. Restaurant customers who have...
View ArticleSpring 2010: A bad stretch for produce
Certain times of year are associated with increased prevalence of foodborne disease–most notably, E. coli O157:H7 during summer months. Springtime, to the author’s knowledge at least, has not had any...
View Article75 Salmonella Cases Traced to Subway
The Illinois Department of Public Health has counted 75 Salmonella cases associated with Subway restaurants in the state since May 11. Public health officials from the Illinois Department of Public...
View ArticleSubway Apologizes to Salmonella Outbreak Victims
The Illinois Department of Public Health has now identified 80 people between the ages of 2 and 79 who ate food purchased from various Illinois Subway restaurants and are confirmed Salmonella outbreak...
View Article90 Confirmed with Salmonella in Subway Outbreak
There are now 90 confirmed cases of Salmonella associated with Subway restaurants according to the Illinois Department of Public Health. Those who have become ill with Salmonella serotype...
View ArticleSalmonella Lawsuit Filed Against Subway
The Illinois Department of Public Health announced yesterday that 97 cases of Salmonella serotype Hvittingfoss had been confirmed among Subway restaurant customers in 28 counties in the state. At least...
View ArticleSubway Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Supplier
The source of the outbreak of Salmonella at Illinois Subway restaurants in late April and June may have been a food distributor in the central part of the state, authorities said Thursday. In a final,...
View ArticleNorovirus at Indiana Subway Restaurant
More than 90 people in Hartford City, IN have been sickened, and two were hospitalized, in an outbreak of norovirus traced this week to a Subway restaurant, according to the Blackford County Health...
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Sick Subway Employees Worked During Norovirus Outbreak
Employees at an Indiana Subway restaurant went to work in January despite being sick with Norovirus, according to a health department investigation. During a Norovirus outbreak in Blackford County that...
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Food Advocates Call on FDA to Ban Potentially Carcinogenic Bread Additive
Subway made headlines last week when the fast food chain announced it was going to stop using a chemical in its bread that is also used to make yoga mats and shoe rubber. On Monday, U.S. Sen. Charles...
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Subway Investigating Reports of Doctored Expiration Dates in China
Chinese media are reporting that workers at a Subway sub-sandwich fast-food chain outlet in Beijing were doctoring expiration labels and serving meat and vegetables beyond their expiration date. Subway...
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Arkansas Officials Warn About Possible Exposure to Hepatitis A at Subway
The Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) is warning the public about possible exposure to Hepatitis A after a Subway employee in Morrilton, AR, tested positive for the virus. Anyone who ate food from...
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Details Sought About Subway’s Switch to Antibiotic-Free Chicken
Last week, officials at Subway said that the fast-food chain plans to switch to chicken raised without antibiotics by next year, but antibiotic preservationists are frustrated by the lack of details...
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Report Ranks Antibiotics Policies at Fast Food Chains
Only Chipotle and Panera get an A grade on antibiotics policies and sourcing practices, and most other fast food chains fail, according to a report by the Friends of the Earth, Natural Resources...
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Letter From the Editor: It’s Antibiotic Resistance That’s Hard
Chick-fil-A, McDonald’s, Chipotle, Panera and, most recently, Subway have made public pronouncements indicating their intentions to source their poultry and meat from producers who don’t use...
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